Talk:Highway hypnosis

A note
? does it have something to do with mullholand drive ? film by David Lynch theme was road as i recall (ay:) main hero was kind of split-personality/traveling in time/his brain(memories). all was connected with road
 * It has nothing to do with that. 208.81.43.46 (talk) 00:10, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

The movie was "Lost Highway," and yes it is a contains indirect references to highway hypnosis.76.15.225.118 (talk) 18:56, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
Somebody vandalized this page, it has to be cleaned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.200.114.202 (talk) 04:12, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

what is the significance of this article?
it seems like the person who created this was just trying to describe automaticity taking place while driving. both articles are fairly short and this just seems unnecessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clockwrist (talk • contribs) 02:26, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * They r murders and they know it turn your self in to the law admitting the truth we can save u from prosecution 67.1.151.176 (talk) 05:38, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Huh? AvignonCatholicism (talk) 14:15, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Altered State of Consciousness
Is this perhaps a synonym to altered state of consciousness? Because that seems to be what this article is talking about. 72.184.79.105 (talk) 00:30, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Huh?
I thought highway hypnosis was when you drove along a stretch of a straight road and, consequentially, lose maximal awareness and concentration. Not become amnesic. Eric Leb 01 (Page &#124; Talk)  00:44, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * I have faced it like this: when driving you suddently realise from sign by the road you have driven so far and get a thought "how did i get here already". Neighbor told a story he was driving a truck and was "awaken" in some point that "where the h*ll we are". He made a turn in some point and was far away from correct destination.--RicHard-59 (talk) 12:14, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Is this the reason they stopped building motorways dead straight, and started designing them with bends? Valetude (talk) 17:38, 3 May 2020 (UTC)

Link duplication in consecutive list bullets
I wouldn't normally ask about this, but I think there's a good point in asking: The article has a list in the "popular culture" section with a link to The X-Files repeated three times. I'm wondering whether there's a precedent, indicating when I would leave repeated links alone and when I would delink all but the first/primary one(s). Thanks. AexisTalk/Contribs 00:14, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

more descriptive
This article is not clear about what exactly it is informing about. Besides describing in better detail what highway hypnosis is and how it happens the article should list statistics about the phenomena and warn about the risk and dangers of it as well. Furthermore, how to prevent highway hypnosis and recognize the signs that it could be happening. (AMJonesPT (talk) 02:19, 29 June 2011 (UTC))

Earliest use of term
The article says the term was coined in 1963, but the Google nGram viewer shows use as early as 1949 and wide usage by the mid-1950s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.115.7.2 (talk) 15:56, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Ways to Avoid It
I think it would be really helpful to readers if there was a paragraph explaining how to prevent it. This is an important topic related to highway hypnosis. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.130.178.2 (talk) 19:34, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

This misinformation ended up on the front page of reddit...
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/n4kbx8/til_highway_hypnosis_is_an_altered_mental_state/

I gotta track down the sources, but I distinctly remember from driver’s ed that this “altered mental state” isn’t some neutral phenomenon. In this state, you’re not paying attention to the road, and it gets people killed. Now we have thousands of young people believing it’s okay that they space out when they drive because of this stub. Fantastic. I have a hard time imagining this won’t get someone killed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.114.189.77 (talk • contribs) 13:38, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Please provide reliable sources. What you remember from driver's ed does not count. AfricanChristmas (talk) 22:37, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
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Induced drowsiness
This has a different meaning to me. The hypnotic effect comes not from the white line, but from the lights of oncoming traffic. Thus it more often occurs at night, and so is often attributed to sleep deprivation. However, the effect is distinctly different from fatigued driving, because it can occur even when well rested. Of course, the two in combination are bad news. I have found some evidence for this online, but nothing on Wikipedia. Hypnosis has different effects on different people. For me it puts me to sleep, and I can avoid it by not staring straight ahead on long straight sections of highway when there is traffic only in the opposite direction. Instead I glance back and forth between either side of the road, and concentrate on what's ahead with peripheral vision. Maybe not the best advice, but what's actually advised I don't know. DAVilla (talk) 07:46, 22 June 2024 (UTC)